Illuminated house-number



PROCHAZKA. ILLUMINATED HOUSE NUMBER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1919.

Patented May 31,1921.

Ofi a PracZazA a OTTO PROCHAZKA, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ILLUMINA'IED HOUSE-NUMBER.

Application filed July 3, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro PRooHAz A, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Illuminated House-Numbers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to illuminated house numbers and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for detachably mounting a house number upon a porch globe so that when the latter is lighted the number will be illuminated.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device that is readily convertible for use with globes of either the ceiling or wall type.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation f a porch globe of the ceiling type to which the invention is applied; 0

Fig. 2 is a side View showing the application of the invention to a globe of the wall t e' Fig is a perspective view of the attachment removed from the globe.

In these views the reference character A designates a porch globe engaging a house mounting B. G is a wire ring of a d ameter slightly less than the maximum diameter of said globe so that said ring may rest upon the globe in either of the pos itions shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. Stud ring 13 engaged by an angular supporting bracket D formed of bendable material, preferably sheet metal, the lower end of said bracket being bent to embrace the ring as indicated at D, and being soldered thereto. The upper portion of said bracket is apertured at D for engagement by a screw or other suitable means for fastening the bracket to the ceiling or wall upon which the mounting B is secured. Diametrically opposite the bracket D, the ring C is formed with a series of equally spaced offsets E, from each of which is supported a metallic digit F of a house number, the preferred supporting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1921.

Serial No. 308,597.

means being lugs G formed integral with the digits F at their upper ends and adapted to be bent to loosely embrace the offsets E. Thus the members F may be very quickly secured to the ring to form any desired house number and may be readily replaced or changed if desired. When the attachment is to be applied to a wall globe such as is shown in Fig. 2 the bracket D is bent as shown in said figure so that it may be secured to the wall rather than to the ceiling. lVhile the globe A would form a support for the ring 0 even if the bracket D were omitted, it is preferred to employ said bracket, as without such provision the ring would be readily disarranged and result in an unsightly appearance. The provision of the offsets in the ring prevent any shifting of the members F to or from each other so that the digits of the number will be always equally spaced.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a porch globe, of a ring embracing the upper portion of said globe, a bendable bracket secured to said ring and attachable to the surface supporting the globe, and a series of digits depending from the ring at the front of the globe and forming a house number.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a porch globe, of a series of digits arranged at the front of said globe to form a house number, a member supporting said digits, and means for securing said supporting member to either a horizontal or vertical surface.

3. In a device of the character described the combination with a porch globe of a ring embracing the upper portion of said globe formed with a series of equally spaced offsets at the front of the globe, a series of digits, and means for pivotally attaching the upper extremities of said digits respectively to said offsets to form a house number.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

OTTO PROCHAZKA. 

